Pollock Halls, Edinburgh University Accommodation, Building

Pollock Halls Edinburgh : Student Residences

Pollock Halls of Residence, Edinburgh University, Scotland

Pollock Halls of Residence Pollock Halls of Residence are located near Arthur's Seat and the Commonwealth Pool in southeast Edinburgh, a short walk from the city centre. Pollock Halls, Edinburgh: image from Oberlanders Architects Pollock Halls: Chancellor's Court Halls of Residence, Edinburgh University Pollock Halls, Edinburgh: image from Oberlanders Architects Pollock Halls is a landscaped home to many of the University of Edinburgh's halls of residence. Adjacent to Holyrood Park and beneath Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Craigs, the expansive grounds were once the gardens of the historic houses, Salisbury Green and St. Leonard's Hall. Development of the land as student residences began at the southern end of the grounds with the Scandinavian influenced collegiate courtyard residences of Holland House and Fraser House. Subsequent though lesser quality development continued northwards, predominantly with a series of six tower-like blocks arranged symmetrically about a refectory block, all constructed to serve Edinburgh's staging of the Commonwealth Games and coinciding with construction of the adjacent Commonwealth Pool swimming venue. Under the careful management of the Edinburgh University Landscape Section, the grounds of Pollock Halls became a renowned and much admired landscape both as an amenity and as an educational botanical resource. St Leonard's Hall Date: 1869 Architect: John Lessels Status: Listed Salisbury Green House Date: 1867 Architect: John Lessels Holland House, first block of purpose-built Pollock Halls buildings 1959 William Kininmonth Pollock Halls - New Student Building picture from the architect Pollock Halls residence by Oberlanders Pollock Halls original buildings : William Kininmonth

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